Odd smelling white fungus?

[Gerel]

Hi all,

I found a few of these smallish white fungi today in a nearby conifer plantation. There were scattered individual caps over an area of a few metres, no clumps or troops.

The cap is dry and slightly downy, C. 30mm across. As you can see the stem tapers markedly and is flattened laterally.



The gills are strongly decurrent, extending a long way down the stem and are branched and "lumpy"* looking.



The flesh is white and fibrous and does not change colour when cut or bruised. There is no latex produced.



The most distinctive thing is a very unusual smell when it is damaged, not at all mushroomy but hard to describe (it actually reminds me slightly of the smell shieldbugs make as a defence although much fainter. ) definitely not aniseed.

I thought initially it might be a Clitocybe but I really haven't a clue.

Steve

*There's probably a better word than this

[solus]

I am probably wrong (probably = almost definitely!) but I found something similar recently that was identified on here by some kind and knowledgable soul as The Miller [Clitopilus prunulus].

"Mine" had a very strong, rather unpleasant smell I couldn't (still can't!) place although it reminded me of something I had smelt in the recent past.

I don't know what shieldbugs smell like so that doesn't help me!

[Chris Yeates]

hi

I would try getting a spore print . . . I suspect you may well not get one

that looks like a sterile (or at least 'albino') false chanterelle, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca - it has the forking gills, but the forking is rather irregular, so I suspect all is not well with that particular fruit-body

best

Chris

[flaxton]

I would be surprised if it wasn't Clitopilus prunulus. The overall look and especically the smell which if often described as mealy (wet flour).

Mal